Old Jews Star Tells Me Village People Movie Dish

May 9, 2013

Let me explain. The hilarious Marilyn Sokol is one of the stars of Old Jews Telling Jokes, the breezily funny revue, which was honored with a Drama Desk nomination.

At a Drama Desk event yesterday, I asked Marilyn about having appeared in the infamous Village People film musical Can’t Stop The Music in 1980.

Is the film underrated?

“I don’t care!” Sokol replied. “It’s not a work of art. It’s sort of like a wonderful dessert–like a strawberry fruitcake.” It’s fruity all right. “Sometimes I like looking at it,” Sokol went on, “because I was so thin. But I didn’t know I was in the throes of a clinical depression, which is why I was thin!”

While we were talking disco cinema, did the credited Nancy Walker really direct the thump-thump classic?

“No,” Sokol replied. “The cinematographer did. I went out with Bruce Jenner [who was also in the movie]. He had a Porsche. Very nice. He used to lift me up like a little sister. That was before his nose job.”

And so much else!

Anyway, Marilyn told me one of the new jokes from Old Jews and it had to do with a woman screwing the mailman and giving him a dollar. She did this because when she and her husband were talking about who to give Christmas tips to, hubby said, “Screw the mailman! Give him a dollar!”